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The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry

Volume 9: Historical Perspectives, Part B: Notable People in Mass Spectrometry

  • 1st Edition - May 6, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Keith A. Nier, Alfred L. Yergey, P. Jane Gale
  • Language: English

Volume 9: Historical Perspectives, Part B: Notable People in Mass Spectrometry of The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry briefly reviews the lives and works of many of the major… Read more

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Volume 9: Historical Perspectives, Part B: Notable People in Mass Spectrometry

of The Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry briefly reviews the lives and works of many of the major people who carried out this development, providing insights into the history of mass spectrometry applications through the personal stories of pioneers and innovators in the field.

The book presents biographies of notable contributors, including Nobel Prize winners J. J. Thomson, Francis W. Aston, Wolfgang Paul, John B. Fenn, and Koichi Tanaka, along with other luminaries in the field, including Franz Hillenkamp, Catherine Clarke Fenselau, Alfred O. C. Nier, and many more, discussing not only the instruments and their uses, but also providing interesting information on the careers, characters, and life stories of the people who did the work.

Key features

  • Highlights over 120 innovators in mass spectrometry, including several Nobel Prize winners
  • Discusses instrumentation and their uses, also providing interesting information on the careers, characters, and life stories of the people who did the work
  • Offers unique insight into the careers and personalities of luminaries in the field
  • Coordinates with Volume 9: Historical Perspectives, Part A: The Development of Mass Spectrometry, an overview of mass spectrometry development and progress
  • Ideal reference for those interested in a wide variety of topics, including analytical chemistry and chemical analysis, amongst others

Readership

Researchers and professionals in Mass Spectrometry

Table of contents

1. Introduction & Criteria for Inclusion in the Biographies

2. Arthur John Ahearn

3. Claude Jean Allègre

4. Francis William Aston

5. Kenneth Tompkins Bainbridge

6. Michael Barber

7. Hans-Dieter Beckey

8. Alfred Benninghoven

9. John Herbert Beynon

10. Klaus Biemann

11. Walker Bleakney

12. John Hamilton Bowie

13. Harrison Scott Brown

14. Curt Brunnée

15. Angus Ewan Cameron

16. Richard M. Caprioli

17. Brian T. Chait

18. Robert N. Clayton

19. Norman David Coggeshall

20. Melvin Barnet Comisarow

21. William Compston

22. R. Graham Cooks

23. Robert J. Cotter

24. Willi Dansgaard

25. Anne Dell

26. Arthur Jeffrey Dempster

27. M. Bonner Denton

28. Vernon Hamilton Dibeler

29. Carl Djerassi

30. Henry Edmison Duckworth

31. Geoffrey Eglinton

32. Christie George Enke

33. Samuel Epstein

34. Heinz Ewald

35. Henry Marshall Fales

36. John Bennett Fenn

37. Catherine Clarke Fenselau

38. Frank Henry Field

39. Robert E. Finnigan

40. Russell Elwell Fox

41. Joe Louis Franklin, Jr.

42. Jean H. Futrell

43. Simon James Gaskell

44. Johannes Geiss

45. Roland S. Gohlke

46. Michael L. Gross

47. Michael Guilhaus

48. Alexander Norman Halliday

49. Alexander George Harrison

50. John Michael Hayes

51. William J. Henzel

52. David Michael Hercules

53. Zdenek Herman

54. Richard Franz Karl Herzog

55. Franz Hillenkamp

56. Heinrich Hintenberger

57. John Alfred Hipple, Jr.

58. John Leonard Holmes

59. Richard Edward Honig

60. Evan Charles Horning & Marjorie Groothuis Horning

61. Robert Samuel Houk

62. Donald Frederick Hunt

63. Mark Gordon Inghram II

64. Keith R. Jennings

65. Michael Karas

66. Paul Kebarle

67. Charles Kemball

68. Frederick W. Lampe

69. Chava Lifschitz

70. Frederick Pettit Lossing

71. Alexander A. Makarov

72. Boris Alexandrovich Mamyrin

73. Raymond E. March

74. Alan G. Marshall

75. Hisashi Matsuda

76. Josef Heinrich Elisabeth Mattauch

77. James A. McCloskey

78. Fred W. McLafferty

79. Seymour Meyerson

80. Fred Loomis Mohler

81. Howard Redfern Morris

82. James Douglas Morrison

83. Milan Stephen Burnaby Munson

84. Nicholaas Martinus Maria Nibbering

85. Alfred Otto Carl Nier

86. Clair Cameron Patterson

87. Wolfgang Paul

88. Rowland Ivor Reed

89. John H. Reynolds

90. David Rittenberg

91. Carol Vivien Robinson

92. Sibyl Martha Rock

93. Henry Meyer Rosenstock

94. Ragnar Erik Ryhage

95. Rudolf Schoenheimer

96. Helmut Schwarz

97. Nicholas John Shackleton

98. Andrew Gans Sharkey, Jr.

99. David Smith

100. George C. Stafford, Jr.

101. Kenneth Graham Standing

102. Einar August Stenhagen

103. David Paul Stevenson

104. John T. Stults

105. Victor L'vovich Tal'roze

106. Koichi Tanaka

107. Henry George Thode

108. Bruce A. Thompson

109. John Joseph Thomson

110. George Robert Tilton

111. John Francis James Todd

112. Grenville Turner

113. Harold Clayton Urey

114. Marvin L. Vestal

115. Austin L. Wahrhaftig

116. Harold Williams Washburn

117. Gerald J. Wasserburg

118. Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien

119. Charles Lee Wilkins

120. Dudley Howard Williams

121. Vicki Hopper Wysocki

122. Richard A. Yost

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 2, 2015
  • Language: English

About the editors

KN

Keith A. Nier

Affiliations and expertise
Historian, Madison, NJ, USA

AY

Alfred L. Yergey

Affiliations and expertise
NIH Scientist Emeritus, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA

PG

P. Jane Gale

Affiliations and expertise
Waters Educational Services, Boston, MA, USA

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